Monday-- we took a trip to the recycle shop called Watmans. It has tons of Japanese things that we looked at all for very cheap! Maybe when I want souvenirs I'll go back there someday.
Tuesday--we had a ton of time to find people so we went housing and on the top of a huge apartment I finally saw Mt. Fuji for the first time! (See picture below) The clouds were all wrapped around it so beautifully! The picture doesn't do it justice. Then we went and handed out flyers for Eikaiwa (Wednesday English Class) at the train station. I handed a flyer to this man and he smiled at me and said, "Shimai senkyoushi desu ka?" Which translates into are you a sister missionary? Hahaha I instantly knew he was a member :) I found out he was from the Atsugi Ward and since that was Handy shimai's last area he totally knew her! We took a selfie with him! That same night we went to Yokohama for hamburg (how you say hamburgers in Japanese hahaha) with a member. They were the best I've ever tasted! But my perception might be twisted because I haven't had a good hamburger since I left America haha.
Wednesday--we called our P.I. Horiuchi San in the morning to see if we could help with anything today, and she told us, and I quote: "I'd like to learn more about this Joseph Smith person and when your group came to be." YES! I was jumping up and down all over the apartment I was so happy! Sadly, she didn't need any help with anything this Wednesday but we are planning to visit and help her out sometime soon! After studies, we went to Yayoidai to visit Don Kyoudai our new member. He introduced us to his daughter which was a huge miracle! We hadn't met her yet because she is hard to catch with school and work. She was nice! We also got to teach two lessons to Shio Shimai and Saijou Shimai who are two members in our ward. Then we taught ăăŁă±ă Eikaiwa and that was good too.
Thrusday-- we taught Hattori Shimai (another member) a lesson :) she is sad a lot so we made her really happy. We found her old house in Taiwan on google maps and she freaked out when she saw it! She didn't know you could do "street view". After dinner we went heart attacking in Tsuragamine. I was in charge of directions but I got a little confused so I accidentally took us in the wrong direction. So we only got to one house out of the three we wanted to visit. Then it rained on us. But it was okay!
Friday-- we visited Shirai Shimai a less active member with her visiting teacher Tsutsumi Shimai. We shared the parable of the lost sheep and because we had a member there we had her help us explain it. We basically told Shirai Shimai that she was the one lost sheep and she won't make it home unless she comes back to church. Hah being bold is scary sometimes but it was a good lesson and we felt the spirit so strong.
Saturday-- we didn't study in the morning because we had a lesson with Nagano Shimai another less active member. When we were talking before the lesson I told her her nails were cute. So she ran off in her house somewhere and brought back a bin full of every color of nail polish you could ever imagine! And then she painted my nails right during our appointment! I was cracking up! We had to book it home to let the Wada's into our home! We had apartment interviews this transfer. My interview went really well and we discussed how important it was to have a good relationship with the ward so that they trust you. After eating Sister Wada's delicious cookies and getting a full cleaning check on our apartment we ran to Yamato to meet our investigator Rie San at Music Night! Her and her daughter Reika had a great time! (That's the picture you can see on FB đ) after that we had Questions of the Soul. Sadly, Rie San couldn't stay, but Horiuchi San our Romanian investigator came to that one! We discussed the purpose of life! It was so good! Lots of miracles ă！？
Sunday-- we had church and then in Shonandai we had a departing missionary's testimony meeting. Brox Shimai bore her testimony and it was really good! She was nervous because she was up first. We had a little time to house after so we stopped at this hidden house and we met the cutest old lady! She wasn't interested but she still kept talking to us! And after we finished talking she said that if we were in the neighborhood again we could stop by. Good thing we literally live like 6 blocks away! :)
This week I am learning a lot of patience. Sometimes the work doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to, so I want to move myself faster and faster in hopes that if I work the hardest I can--to the point of death-- then maybe my investigators will be more and more blessed. However, even though working the hardest I can is good, this is still the Lord's work and he will move it in the time frame and the direction that will benefit all of us. So I need patience and I need trust him :) that can apply to our normal life too. Sometimes we don't see the benefit of the trials or things we are going through. But I know that our Heavenly Father loves each and every one of us and everything we go through he benefits to our gain. As we look back at old trials we faced, we see the growth within ourselves and how our testimony has been strengthened. I know that through trials the Lord shapes us into the son or daughter we have the potential of becoming. I promise as you rely on Heavenly Father he will guide your life where it needs to go :)
Love you all!
Sister Fordiani
1. Mt. Fugi đ»
2. Hamburgers in Yokohama
3. Skype with our MTC tutor!
4. Meeting the member at the Eki
5. President interviews and talking to Wada Shimai
6. Matsuri in Yamato (festival)
